The current weather loop from NOAA in the United States of the Gulf Coast and the Louisiana area . How much of that rain is toxic, as in acid rain and what is pH level. Is there warning by NOAA, OSHA, BP, local agencies, that the rain may be toxic to residence in the areas effected by this current rain fall?
IMAGE/VIDEO: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full.php NWS RADER MOSAIC 08/01/2010
Also from the Discovery News What Caused the Stormy "Snowpocalypse" of 2010? Still does it address the real issue of the cause of what is changing the weather patterns across the globe.......
Analysis by John D. Cox
Thu Jul 29, 2010 03:00 PM ET
Leave a Comment PrintEmailFacebookTwitterDiggYahoo! BuzzWith El Nino hunkered down across the tropical Pacific last year, the people at the National Weather Service in charge of seasonal forecasts were looking at conditions last October that gave them extra confidence in their seasonal outlook for the coming winter in the United States. So how did they fail to foresee the historically snowy, bitterly cold weather that so famously clobbered the mid-Atlantic?
(Take a deep breath now: it is not a scandal or a conspiracy or a commentary on the sorry state of science and has nothing to do with our changing climate one way or the other. It is about how Earth works.)
A new study confirms that the forecasters were blindsided by the appearance of dramatically unusual meteorological conditions that slipped into the seam between what we think of as climate and what we call weather. An atmospheric feature known as the North Atlantic Oscillation -- air pressure conditions that shape the jet stream -- hit record lows that created an unusually loopy storm track that carried cold Arctic storms into the U.S. eastern seaboard and across to Western Europe.
“A negative North Atlantic Oscillation this particular winter made the air colder over the eastern U.S., causing more precipitation to fall as snow," said Richard Seager, a climate scientist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, in a release describing the new study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. "El Nino brought even more precipitation—which also fell as snow.”
Click on the image above and watch a video of satellite imagery that captures what Seager is talking about -- the especially heavy snowfalls caused by interplay between cold northern storms crossing the eastern U.S. in February at the same time that heavy El Nino flows of tropical Pacific moisture were coming up from the southwest.
Ironically, the forecasters were right about the effects of El Nino on the winter -- as far as they could see. Across the western and southern United States, El Nino conditions played out as expected, causing drier and warmer than normal weather in the Pacific Northwest -- Vancouver imported snow for the Winter Olympics -- and wet, stormy weather caused mudslides in Southern California.
But they couldn't see the record-low North Atlantic Oscillation coming as early as last October -- and apparently they never will. El Nino is a climate feature -- a set of ocean conditions that hang around for months at a time. The North Atlantic Oscillation is a child of the atmosphere, and Seager and colleagues observe that it "is not predictable beyond the week or two timescale of weather forecasting."
"Until the NAO can be predicted (which may not be possible), such snow anomalies as closed down Washington D.C. for a week will remain a seasonal surprise," the researchers conclude.
IMAGE/VIDEO: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Slow-Moving 'Snowicane' off the East Coast: BIG PIC
Mar. 1, 2010 -- Aside from a few hefty wind gusts and a dusting of snow, the Mid-Atlantic was spared from another fight with Old Man Winter, while the Northeast was taking some heavy punches during the most recent massive snowstorm to hit the East Coast.
The storm was nicknamed the "Snowicane" by the AccuWeather team for its wind gusts over 70 mph and driving snow, rain and ice. Shown here in this satellite image above taken on March 1, 2010, this powerful low pressure system is finally on its way out to sea.
The storm's snail-like pace dumped over two feet of snow across many northeastern states, causing severe power outages to more than 1 million homes, widespread highway closures, massive flooding and airports from New Jersey to Maine to cancel thousands of flights, according to the Associated Press.
New York City alone received 20 inches, the fourth largest snowfall in city history.
The National Weather Service recently accused the for-profit AccuWeather of over-hyping the storm to the point of inciting panic by crowning this storm a "Snowicane." The Weather Channel also announced it took issue with the word in what would later be seen as a "meteorologist smackdown" by some news outlets, the Associated Press reported.
The National Weather Service classifies a hurricane as having sustained winds of at least 74 mph. The snowstorm that barreled into New England produced wind gusts into that range and higher -- but those winds were not sustained. Therefore, some meteorologists protest, it failed to obtain official hurricane status.
By Lauren Effron, Discovery News
Image credit: NOAA
http://news.discovery.com/earth/snowicane-snowstorm-northeast-big-pic.html
This is been circulated, but not in the U.S. Two article's one from Pruvada and Articulo7.
Serious consequences of the spill from BP
Monday, June 28, 2010 12:01 ARTICULO7
The most important thing to note about the warning Sagalevich is that he and his fellow scientists of the Russian Academy of Sciences is the only human beings who have been at the site of oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico after being called to the scene the disaster by the British oil giant , BP , shortly after the sinking of the platform Deepwater Horizon , 22 April 2010.
A disturbing report circulating today by the Kremlin and was prepared for Prime Minister Putin from Sagalevich Anatoly Shirshov Institute of Oceanology , Russian warns that the seabed of the Gulf of Mexico has been broken " beyond repair " and our planet should start preparing for an ecological disaster "beyond comprehension "unless undertaken " extraordinary measures "to stop the massive flow of oil to the eleventh largest water body in the world.
The call made Sagalevich BP after the start of this disaster is because he has the world record for deep diving in fresh water and experience of both Deep Submergence Vehicles , the Russian MIR 1 and MIR 2 who have the ability to carry their crews to a depth of 6,000 meters ( 19.685 feet).
Sagalevich According to the report , the oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico is not well leaving only the 22 inches that show Americans on TV, but at least another 18 sites on the " fractured seafloor "being the largest 11 km (7 miles ) from where it sank the Deepwater Horizon and is throwing up these precious bubbling water with about 2 million gallons of oil per day.
It is interesting to observe Sagalevich on this report stating that he and other Russian scientists were required by the United States to sign documents that forbid them to report their findings to any media, either American or from another country, and that he had to to operate legally in U.S. territorial waters .
Although not directly stated in the report Sagalevich , the findings of Russian scientists about the true state of tanker disaster in the Gulf of Mexico are , beyond doubt, be filtered to its long-time friend Matthew Simmons , who was the energy chief adviser of former President George W. Bush , whom the U.S. media reports say openly: "Matthew Simmons is sticking to his story that there is another huge spill in the Gulf of Mexico pumping tremendous amounts of oil into the Gulf.
In "Fast Money "on CNBC, said he would be surprised if BP could spend this summer, saying that this whole mess is the fault of BP . "
As a prominent person in the oil industry and one of the foremost experts in the world oil peak , Simmons, also notes that the United States have only one option , let it dry well ( it would take 30 years and ruin the Atlantic Ocean ) or nuclear detonations .
The Obama , on the other hand, has indicated that it is discussing the nuclear option to end this catastrophe, which puts him in conflict with U.S. and Russian experts who advocate this extreme measure before all is lost and as reported by British newspaper The Telegraph :
" The former Soviet Union (USSR ) used nuclear weapons on five separate occasions between 1966 and 1981 to successfully shut down oil and gas wells in the area ( there was one attempt that failed) and was documented by an Energy Department report U.S. on peaceful uses of nuclear explosions USSR .
Russia is now urging the United States to consider doing the same.
The Komsomoloskaya Pravda , the Russian top-selling newspaper , said that although based on the Soviet experience , there is one chance in five that the well could not seal , is " a bet that Americans would have to risk . "
It is said that the USSR developed special nuclear devices to close the gas wells using the theory that the explosion of a nuclear detonation would plug any well in a range of 25-30 meters, depending on the power of the device.
As much as I imagined in my spare time, massive explosions can be used to bring down a well on the run, covering well , or at least substantially contain the flow of oil .
"The seabed nuclear detonation is starting to sound surprisingly feasible and appropriate " is reporting the event , said mechanical engineering from the University of Texas, Michael E. Webber , while a visiting researcher on nuclear policy and former naval officer Christopher Brownfield , wrote in the Daily Beast : "I would have this well with explosives demolished a month ago . And yet we see with unbearable suspense while BP is using and discarding awkwardly plan after plan to restore its oil and cover your property. "
As to the reason for Obama to refuse to consider this well set off by nuclear means, Sagalevich noted in this report that the " primary concern " of the United States is not the environmental disaster that is causing this disaster , but rather the impact that the use of a nuclear weapon to stop this spill would have on the continued production of oil from the Gulf of Mexico and in an energy hungry world remains the only oil-producing region of the planet capable of increasing production.
Above the environmental catastrophe that is happening in the Gulf of Mexico, the situation could worsen as new U.S. reports grim predictions are confirmed as Russian scientists regarding poisons oil dispersion is using the BP and are being collected into the clouds and falls as rain toxic live plants destroying all it touches.
The end result of this catastrophe we ignore us, we just state the obvious which is the choice facing America today is or stop this disaster by any other means , or pay dearly later.
After all , okay cheap oil the cost of destroying our own planet ? The BP certainly thinks so , but hopefully Obama .
October is forecast to touch spill the Atlantic coasts of Mexico. This is frightening .
From Pravda 27.07.2010
BP Disaster: Russia’s Take
Anatoly Sagalevich has added his voice to the latest controversy over the BP ecological catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. This expert from the Russian Academy of Science was called to the Gulf by BP shortly after the Deepwater Horizon rig collapsed. And what he has to say is not very reassuring.
Dr. Sagalevich’s report was drawn up and presented to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. In this report, the investigator from the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology and the Russian Academy of Science has stated that the ocean floor has been irreparably damaged and that the planet must prepare for an ecological disaster “beyond all understanding”.
The reason why Dr. Sagalevich was called by BP is because he is the leading world expert in deepwater exploration, having been awarded the order of Lenin for the creation of the submersibles MIR-1 and MIR-2, which are capable of diving to a depth of 6 km, the deepest-reaching submarines in the world.
For Dr. Sagalevich, the oil pouring into the Gulf is not just coming from one source, as the media have been claiming, but fro 18 different places. According to the report, the Russian scientists called by the USA are forbidden to divulge their findings to the media – yet another source backing up the claim that there is a media blackout.
According to a report in Komsomolskaya Pravda, Russian experts are pressing the Americans to use a nuclear explosion to extinguish the well, before it destroys the Atlantic Ocean. The USSR apparently used nuclear explosions five times (being successful on four of these occasions) to extinguish problematic oil and gas deposits between 1966 and 1981.
For Dr. Sagalevich, the problem facing the Obama administration as regards using a nuclear explosion to seal the well has more to do with the effects on the continued exploration of oil in the Gulf of Mexico than the environmental impact of the Deepwater disaster.
Russian scientists are also warning against the use of the poisonous dispersing agents by BP against the oil, due to the fact that this falls elsewhere as acid rain and is destroying all the plant life it comes into contact with.
They're probably just looking at it, and if they don't see oil, it tested safe...like their whole "Where's the Oil?" campaign.
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